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Prediction Augmented Screening Initiative

Who can join

Ages 50 to 80 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

Veterans assigned a PCP at a participating site and who meet inclusion criteria at any point during the study timeframe will be enrolled into the trial. There will be two paths to patient inclusion:

* meeting USPSTF eligibility criteria for LCS, as currently encoded in the background logic of LCS clinical reminders maintained by the VA National Center for Lung Cancer Screening (i.e., age 50-80 years; smoked 20 pack-years; current smoking or quit \<15 years ago) OR
* predicted benefit calculated using LYFS-CTVA model exceeds a stringent high-benefit threshold of life-year gains with annual LCS, as recommended in the 2021 CHEST LCS guidelines

Exclusion Criteria:

* Veterans who have previously undergone lung cancer screening, are diagnosed with lung cancer, or who do not meet eligibility criteria outlined above

About the study

Lung cancer is responsible for more deaths in the United States than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined and is the number one cancer killer of Veterans. This is because lung cancer is usually diagnosed when the disease has spread, and cure is less likely. Lung cancer screening (LCS) finds cancer at an earlier stage when it is curable, yet only 20% of eligible Veterans have been screened. Uptake is even lower among Black Veterans despite higher lung cancer risk. Using prediction models to identify high-benefit people for whom LCS should be encouraged improves efficiency and reduces disparities. Moreover, it is more patient-centered as shared decision-making conversations can be tailored with personalized information. The US Preventive Services Task Force has called for research to demonstrate that prediction-augmented LCS can be feasibly implemented at the point-of-care. The investigators propose for VA to lead this effort with a large-scale pragmatic clinical trial to show that prediction-augmented LCS is both feasible and improves LCS uptake.

What is being tested

• PCP-Facing Tools (other)
• LCS team population management tools (other)

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Participants: 23,520 · Started: Jun 1, 2026

Contact the study team

• Nichole T Tanner, MD MS BS · Phone: (843) 789-7341
• Abby G Wenzel, PhD MS BS · Phone: (843) 789-6965

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06538636

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.